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Zusatztext "Most studies adopt a macroscopic perspective of political and economic changes. Gated Communities in China is a rare exception and thus an important and timely contribution to the understanding of residential development! especially 'commodity housing enclaves'! in China [...] I admire Pow's cultural sensitivity! keen and detailed observations! and grounded approach [...] Pow's Gated Communities in China is a truly substantive and noteworthy addition to the literature on Chinese housing development and social changes and I enthusiastically recommend this book to researchers in gated communities and Chinese urban studies." - Fulong Wu! Environment and Planning A 2010! volume 42 Informationen zum Autor Pow Choon-Piew is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the National University of Singapore. Klappentext This book examines the nature and dynamics of gated communities within the specificities of reform Shanghai, a city that arguably has been at the forefront of China's new urban/consumer revolution. Zusammenfassung This book examines the nature and dynamics of gated communities within the specificities of reform Shanghai, a city that arguably has been at the forefront of China’s new urban/consumer revolution. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Gated Communities and the Lure of the Good Life 2. Making Middle-Class Spaces: Privilege, Territoriality and the Moral Geographies of Exclusion 3. Urban Reform, the New Middle-Class and the Emergence of Gated Communities in Shanghai 4. Imagineering Suburbia: Contested Representations of the Chinese Dream Home 5.Seeking Privacy and Seclusion: Private Property, Individualism and Neoliberal Subjectivities 6. Maintaining Order and Civility: Purified Spaces and the Paradox of Gated Living 7. Beyond the Gates: A Geographical-moral Critique 8. Conclusion
